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Kermackiidae

Mammalia - Kermackiidae

Taxonomy
Kermackiidae was named by Butler (1978). It is not extant. Its type is Kermackia.

It was assigned to Trituberculata by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Boreosphenida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Tribosphenida by Davis and Cifelli (2011).

Subtaxa
Kermackia (syn. Trinititherium) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Kermackiidae Butler
1997Kermackiidae McKenna and Bell
2004Kermackiidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 419
2011Kermackiidae Davis and Cifelli p. 453

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
familyKermackiidaeButler 1978
familyKermackiidaeButler 1978

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Kermackiidae Butler 1978
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G. †Kermackia Slaughter 1971
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†Kermackia texana Slaughter 1971
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Invalid names: Trinititherium slaughteri Butler 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trinititherium Butler 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 122.46000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Oklahoma) Kermackia texana (14392)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Texas) Kermackia texana (14388) Kermackia texana, Trinititherium slaughteri (14375)